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2. While the exact danger of radiation was indeed not known, it was known that radiation did pose a health risk.

3. No problems with this…but dont try to make him/US as a saint like they dropped the bombs because they wanted to save Japanese lives

4. Completely BS comment. Japan did not surrender because of the bombs. They surrendered because Soviet Union entered the war in the Pacific. And one of the reasons for dropping the bombs was because the US did not want Soviet domination of Japan like in Germany. And no…US did not specifically warn about the bomb…the Postdam declaration just mentioned “prompt and utter destruction.” Finally, the leaflets were dropped AFTER the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and when US started getting ready to drop more bombs on other cities

5. So you are going to consider the elderly, the infants as soldiers? Invasion of Japan may or may not have been a bloodbath. The “millions of casualties” claim was from a guy who later admitted that he just pulled out a figure to justify the bombings.

As i said above. US had a weapon that could have saved AMERICAN lives and they used it. No problems with that. But dont try to project it as another “sacrifice” by the country during the war that they “won” with just over 400,000 soldiers while the other countries were waiting for their “saviour”:-)

2. The talk about casualty levels, i am assuming you are quoting McGeorge Bundy? He himself admitted that he simply pulled off a figure from thin air to justify the bombings. And no..he was no “military expert”

3. Dont really know about how much of a careful consideration was taken before bombing them, but more bombs were lined up had Japan not surrendered..which meant that Truman was willing to literally destroy Japan..this goes against the “casualty level” claim..because no matter what..the casualty levels would have been far greater than if the war had been fought in a more conventional manner

4. Finally almost all Americans and majority of others believe that it was the bombings that led to the Japanese surrender…thats just American propaganda to justify the post bombing horrors…it was the entry of Soviet Union that forced Japan to surrender

May be he was a great man…may be he was a great leader…but he made a mistake with the bombings…and he made it even when he knew what would happen…